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Law Significantly Cuts Prison Time for Higher Ed Credentials

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research has repeatedly found that higher education programs in prisons reduce recidivism. Last week, Governor Jared Polis signed into law a bill that offers significant sentence reductions to non-violent offenders who complete educational programs. I was shocked that it passed with that much time off.”

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The 5 metrics colleges and universities should measure to boost their value

University Business

. “The goal is that as states make targeted improvements in the five priority areas, more graduates experience a positive return on their investment in education after high school and that pathways to opportunity become more equitable,” the report read. Alaska, Montana, and New Hampshire did the worst.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Team NEO, in its 2019 Aligning Opportunities Report, zeroes in on the talent shortage facing three sectors of the economy — IT, manufacturing, and healthcare. Between those three sectors, there are about 39,000 unfilled,” says Jacob Duritsky, Team NEO’s vice president of strategy and research.

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A Research-Based Look at Stackable Credentials

Parchment

We speak with Lindsay Daugherty, Senior Policy Researcher from RAND Corporation to dig into the research around stackable credential programs and whether they are delivering on their premise — to advance a learner’s opportunities and outcomes. I think that we’ve had some challenges in post -secondary education.

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The Value of Micro-Credentials for Higher Ed Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 154 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Matt Frank

The Change Leader, Inc.

We’re utilizing the tools and skills we’ve learned through continuing education programs, non-degree certificate programs, or credentialing programs because they’re practical, and they’re directly applicable to the rules that we have today. In manufacturing, you have just-in-time manufacturing.

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Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 165 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

The Change Leader, Inc.

25 July · Episode 165 Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF 37 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Funding research for tier two institutions enables building robust infrastructures, achieving groundbreaking discoveries and expanding STEM.

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Federal earmarks a boon for higher ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Maine system is planning to use an infusion of federal funds to construct an advanced manufacturing research lab, start a new program in aviation maintenance, modernize a wild blueberry research facility and launch a statewide tick and tick-borne disease study.

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